Thinlet - TextField

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TextField

TextField component allows the editing of a single line of text. This field has a simple text value and 10 characters width.

<textfield text="TextField" columns="10" />

Properties
Name	Type	Default	Description
text	string	''	The text contained in this field.
columns	integer	0	The preferred width of the component is fixed (if 0) or calculated by the given value.
editable	boolean	true	The specified boolean to indicate whether or not this textfield should be editable. A non-editable field is focusable, and selectable.
alignment	choice	left	The alignment of the text content along the X axis. Possible values are: left, center, and right. The default value, if not set, is left.
start	integer	0	Start index of the selection.
end	integer	0	End index of the selection, same as the caret position.
name, enabled, visible, tooltip, property, width, height, colspan, rowspan, weightx, weighty, halign, and valign parameters are similar to component

Listeners
Name	Description
action	Gives notification (invokes the given method) that there was an insert into the text or a portion of the text has been removed.
insert	Gives notification that there was an insert into the text (and possibly a portion has been removed too).
remove	Gives notification that a portion of the text has been removed.
caret	To track whenever the caret position has been changed.
perform	Invokes the given method if enter was pressed in an editable and enabled textfield.

Keyboard-actions
Operation	Action
Right arrow	Moves insertion point one character to the right
Left arrow	Moves insertion point one character to the left
Ctrl-right arrow	Moves insertion point to beginning of next word
Ctrl-left arrow	Moves insertion point to beginning of previous word
Home	Moves insertion point to beginning of field
End	Moves insertion point to end of field
+Shift	Extends selection
Backspace	Deletes the previous character
Delete	Removes the following character
Ctrl-A, Ctrl-Slash	Selects all
Ctrl-Backslash	Deselects all
Ctrl-X	Cuts selected text into the clipboard
Ctrl-C	Copies selected text into the clipboard
Ctrl-V	Pastes the clipboard content
Tab, Shift-Tab	Navigate forward, backward